Animation Job Trends in the North of England

Animation
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Animation over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 312 311
Rank change year-on-year +20 -1 +77
Permanent jobs citing Animation 7 10 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.074% 0.071% 0.023%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.26% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 2
10th Percentile - £33,500 -
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +36.90% -32.80%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £47,000
90th Percentile £70,750 - -
England median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -21.74% -8.00% +11.61%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Animation falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,791 3,787 3,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 40.30% 26.87% 41.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,516 1,764 2,488
10th Percentile £26,125 £29,000 £32,092
25th Percentile £33,000 £38,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,055 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% -12.95% +8.49%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,603 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,125 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

Animation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Animation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Animation in the North of England

Animation
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Animation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Animation

Animation
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Animation in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Animation in the North of England

Animation
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +11 4 £77,500 +121.43% 12
North East - 3 £42,500 - 2
Animation
England

Animation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe After Effects
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Premiere
1 1 (14.29%) Blender
1 1 (14.29%) CINEMA 4D
1 1 (14.29%) InDesign
1 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Figma
1 2 (28.57%) Miro
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Vercel
General
1 4 (57.14%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Advertising
3 1 (14.29%) Games
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Animator
1 3 (42.86%) Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Product Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Product Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Chief Technology Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Creative Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (14.29%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) HTML5
2 1 (14.29%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (14.29%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Robotics
2 1 (14.29%) e-Learning
2 1 (14.29%) FMCG
2 1 (14.29%) Graphic Design
2 1 (14.29%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Storytelling
2 4 (57.14%) Storyboarding
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Business Development
3 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (42.86%) User Experience
4 2 (28.57%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 2 (28.57%) Journey Map
4 2 (28.57%) Microinteractions
4 2 (28.57%) Product Vision
4 2 (28.57%) Psychology
4 2 (28.57%) User Journey Map
4 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (28.57%) UX Design
4 2 (28.57%) Wireframes
4 2 (28.57%) Workflow
5 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) PHP
1 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Bloomberg
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe